INGRES, Jean-Auguste-Dominique
(b. 1780, Montauban, d. 1867, Paris)

The Sword of Henry IV

1832
Oil on canvas, 36 x 28 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

In the staircase of the Louvre, Don Pedro de Toledo, the Spanish Ambassador, kisses the sword of Henry IV. Ingres painted three other variants of this subject.